your i5 6600k appears to require significantly higher vcore.
your i5 6600k appears to require significantly higher vcore.
hey, i'm trying to push my i5 6600k to overclock to 3.5 ghz, but it seems like it requires much higher vcore than others at the same speed. I'm currently at 4.5 and 1.370 vcore. is this typical? could there be other settings I haven't adjusted that might be causing this? i had a bluescreen at 1.360 but it's stable now at 1.370. thanks.
So what is your problem, unless you can get back your money for current motherboard there is no point of spending another 400$ for new mobo, ram and cooler. Your cooler cant handle more than 1.300v for 24/7, if you can achieve 4.5GHZ stable you are good unless you dont care about high temperature during everyday use - push it to 4.6 at higher voltage. 400$ simply not worth 200mhz gain or 0-2fps in games.
Unless you reset your CPU or run a custom loop, the temperature should remain very high at this voltage. Keep your current settings (4.5 and 1.370v) unchanged, perform a CPU stress test, and observe what HWmonitor displays for VCORE. If the value is significantly lower than 1.370, adjust your LLC in BIOS to prevent voltage drop under heavy load. Also, avoid changing any settings except the multiplier and voltage at this time. Use manual/static voltage only—no adaptive or offset changes.
on the 4.5 1.370 configuration I performed CPU stress tests at around 70-80c peak load using an air cooler. I have some VDroop and my motherboard doesn’t appear to have an LLC, so I decided to upgrade to a better motherboard and add water cooling. I believe this will resolve the problem. My current board is a Z170A PC mate. I also reached 4.6 at a 1.4 vcore with a max temp of 85, indicating a solid chip but a subpar motherboard.
on the 4.5 1.370 setting i performed cpu stresstests at around 70-80c max load with an air cooler. i have some vdroop and my motherboard doesn’t seem to have llc, so i thought i would purchase a better motherboard and some watercooling, which i believe will resolve the problem. my current motherboard is an z170a pc mate. i also reached 4.6 @ 1.4 vcore, max temp 85, so i think i have a fairly good chip but a subpar motherboard.
I checked the setup and think it's a solid choice for overclocking. Compared to the Z170A MSI PC Mate board I own, this configuration looks well-balanced for performance gains.
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in the 4.5 1.370 setting I performed CPU stress tests with around 70-80c maximum load using an air cooler. I have some VDroop and my motherboard doesn’t seem to have a solid chipset, so I thought it would be wise to upgrade to a better motherboard and add water cooling. I believe this will resolve the problem. My current motherboard is a Z170A PC mate. I also reached 4.6 at a 1.4 vcore, with a max temperature of 85°C. So I think my chip is decent but the motherboard is not.
Your results are average; most people can reach 4.6 below 1.350v, and roughly half are around 1.300v.
What is the vcore during load in HWmonitor? Do you use manual voltage in BIOS? Which cooler do you have?
I do use manual voltage, and after testing now, around 68°C at load 4.5 with a 1.370 vcore drops to about 1.320–1.328 during load. The cooler I’m using is the Cooler Master Hyper TX3 Evo.
So what is your problem, unless you can get back your money for current motherboard there is no point of spending another 400$ for new mobo, ram and cooler. Your cooler cant handle more than 1.300v for 24/7, if you can achieve 4.5GHZ stable you are good unless you dont care about high temperature during everyday use - push it to 4.6 at higher voltage. 400$ simply not worth 200mhz gain or 0-2fps in games.